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U. REYNOLDS.

Shifting-Rail.

65,119. Patented May 28. 1867.'

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that I, UEL REYNOLDS, or" the cityand State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Shifting-Rails for Carriage Tops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l is a plan of the said shifting-rail upon a carriage seat, and

Figure 2 is a section of the same at one side of the seat.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. l.

Heretot'ore the shifting-rail that connects the carriage top with the seat has been made of iron forged to shape with the Slat-iron and prop-block forged or welded upon it. This construction is costly, and with these shifting-rails the prop-blocks and Slat-irons cannot beconstructed separately, but have to be made with the necessary shoulders and screw-threads after they are welded or formed upon the shifting-rail. Besides this, the trimmingtor covering of the shifting-rail has had to he sewed on, asnails or tacks could not he employed.

The nature of my said invention consists in a wooden shifting-rail, bent to the propel' shape for extending around the ends and back of the seat, and connected removably thereto bybolts and nuts, and fitted with iron prop-blocks and Slat-irons securely attached by screws to said shlfting-raihand receiving the slats and preps of the carriage top. This Wooden shifting-rail is much cheaper than thc iron ones, isequally durable, the iron screws and attachments can be finished up with facility separately from the shifting-rail, and the covering or trimming of the said shifting-rail can be attached by nails and tacks in a much more acceptable style than by sewing.

In the drawingsa is the bottom, b the back, and c c the ends of the carriage seat. CZ d are the iron straps running up said sides and ends, and terminating with eyes, as usual.' L is my wooden shifting-rail, bent to shape, and provided with the bolts e e, entering the eyes at the ends ofthe straps 0l, and removable therefrom with the carriage top or firmly connected thereto by bolts. y is the back ot' the seat above the shifting-rail 71., andj'f are the prop-blocks and k c are the slet-irons.' These are each formed with the projecting scrcw-pins extending from the metal strap or plate that is let into the shifting-rail, and permanently secured thereto by means of screws. Metal rings or bands, t, may be employed, as shown, to aid in connecting the stra-ps to the rail and prevent-ing the wood splitting.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The wooden shifting-rail to which the metal Slat-irons and prop-blocks are attached, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this twenty-first day of March, A. D. l1867.

UEL REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

Guns. H. SMITH, GEO. D. WALKER. 

